[Content] Bridging the Content Chasm for B-to-B marketing automation and lead generation

There’s a new marketing term that I’m hearing more and more often - “the Content Chasm”. It refers to the ascendance of content marketing (especially in B-to-B), and the differential between the current inventory of quality content that most B-to-B companies have, and the amount they need to have to market effectively. Content + Automation = True 1 to 1 Marketing.

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SALES LEAD INSIGHTS

OCTOBER 24, 2011

[Content] How to Improve Your Marketing Automation ROI

By itself, a MAP can help marketers refine their targeting and the assignment of specific content to prospects; together these drive greater response rates. Effective B2B marketing processes plus automation yield outsized returns. The magic lies in realizing higher conversion rates throughout the Sales cycle. It’s not about generating more leads; it’s about identifying the right leads.

Using keywords, tags, links and relevant content is critical to being visible in search results. Can a copywriter be a generalist and still be effective, writing everything from lead generation copy to search-optimized web page copy to content such as case studies, white papers and how-to guides? This is one of a series of occasional interviews with top practitioners on topics of interest to B2B lead generation, marketing and new business development professionals. Miller has worked with such clients as CNN, Hughes, Nestlé, Avery and Microsoft. Am I right? Absolutely.

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SALES LEAD INSIGHTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

[Content] B2B Email Marketing: Interview with Stephanie Miller

The bad news: It’s not about content – so changing words like "Free" or "Click here" won’t make much of a difference. Keep it simple – no one has time to read a lengthy newsletter, even if the content is interesting. Use unique content and a slower pace. This is one of a series of occasional interviews with top practitioners on topics of interest to B2B lead generation, marketing and new business development professionals. My guest today is Stephanie Miller , email expert and co-author of Sign me up! Witness your own Junk folder.

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SALES LEAD INSIGHTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

[Content] Your B2B Lead Generation Budget: Start by Cutting It Into Thirds

The lion’s share of this final third should be spent on creating content (e.g., white papers, how-to guides, checklists, decision-maker kits, webinars, newsletters, articles and web page content optimized for key search terms). Here is a simple and effective way to allocate your business-to-business lead generation budget. Use the first third of your B2B lead generation budget for Internet marketing. Adding your company and its products or services to appropriate online directories. Use the second third of your B2B lead generation budget for direct marketing.

Content. Although the findings are not news to me or my clients, a recent research study about increasing B2B sales lead management ROI is worth mentioning. Because it validates some of what I’ve been recommending to my clients for years. The Forrester research study and white paper about sales lead management , commissioned by Silverpop , reports that when it comes to increasing the ROI from B2B sales lead management, there are four key performance indicators (KPIs) that pay off in more qualified leads and sales. Lead scoring. Nurture early-stage buyers.

define that as: phone + e-mail + social + SEO/SEM + online content. Ask before telling and learn before selling. Michael Brown is our “Business to Business By Phone Expert”. When it comes to using the phone to generate, nurture and qualify leads, there’s nobody better than Michael. With all the developments lately in B2B marketing, telemarketing still has a prominent position and I want to highlight that. So I sat down with Michael and asked him what’s new in telemarketing. Mac: Michael – tell me what you’ve been up to. What’s the latest and greatest in the world of B2B telemarketing?
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Step 1: Develop Personas and Related Content. Repurpose, refresh or create content for offers that are relevant and useful to them. Match the content and cadence to each. B2B marketing automation, if done right, is an efficient and cost-effective tactic for engaging your prospects and helping them move forward in their buying process; ultimately generating more of the qualified, sales-ready leads that your salespeople and channel partners need to meet your company’s sales, revenue and growth goals. The good news? Develop a core definition of who you’re targeting.
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[Content] Email tips from one of our B2B lead generation and marketing automation experts

Test your timing, subject lines, content and layouts to find what works best for your audience. Email needs to be part of a very deliberate and structured content marketing campaign; one that includes sharing information, having two-way conversations, and repurposing content for multiple media and audiences. This is the first in an ongoing series of tips from experts in B2B marketing , B2B lead generation and B2B marketing automation. Altaf Shaikh. First up is Altaf Shaikh , our email expert. Here are Altaf’s Top Three Email Tips: A/B Test Your Outcomes. Learn more here.
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[Content] Marketing for leads and sales: What’s working for technology companies today

They’re struggling with content development. How do they create the amount of quality content they need with limited resources? Where should people start… how should they go about creating the content they need? Inventory what (content) you already have in house. Curate and use other people’s content, with their permission and giving them credit. Add to the content on your site so prospects have a reason to return to it. And it’s also for developing the content that can be leveraged for the other two buckets: Case studies, podcasts, webinars, etc.
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Customers can now make it easy for their recipients to promote messages to their Facebook friends via “like” and “recommend’ buttons, and can suggest a list of additional Twitter accounts for a contact to follow after they’ve shared content. We also added StumbleUpon and Xing to the list of networks with which email recipients can share content. This is one of a series of occasional interviews with top practitioners on topics of interest to B2B lead generation, marketing and new business development professionals. know you’ve had a flurry of product announcements this spring.
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